Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series, 8)
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The only comprehensive, illustrated, step-by-step guide to building with earthbags.
Over seventy percent of Americans cannot afford to own a code-enforced, contractor-built home. This has led to widespread interest in using natural materials-straw, cob, and earth-for building homes and other buildings that are inexpensive, and that rely largely on labor rather than expensive and often environmentally-damaging outsourced materials.
Earthbag Building is the first comprehensive guide to all the tools, tricks, and techniques for building with bags filled with earth-or earthbags. Having been introduced to sandbag construction by the renowned Nader Khalili in 1993, the authors developed this “Flexible Form Rammed Earth Technique” over the last decade. A reliable method for constructing homes, outbuildings, garden walls and much more, this enduring, tree-free architecture can also be used to create arched and domed structures of great beauty-in any region, and at home, in developing countries, or in emergency relief work.
This profusely illustrated guide first discusses the many merits of earthbag construction, and then leads the reader through the key elements of an earthbag building:
Special design considerations Foundations, walls, and floors Electrical, plumbing, and shelving Lintels, windows and door installations Roofs, arches and domes Exterior and interior plasters.
With dedicated sections on costs, making your own specialized tools, and building code considerations, as well as a complete resources guide, Earthbag Building is the long-awaited, definitive guide to this uniquely pleasing construction style.
Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series
Publisher : New Society Publishers; 6th edition (November 19, 2004)
Language : English
Paperback : 280 pages
ISBN-10 : 0865715076
ISBN-13 : 978-0865715073
Reading age : 16 years and up
Item Weight : 1.45 pounds
Dimensions : 8 x 0.56 x 10 inches
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Customers find the book thorough and well-written, covering everything from building basics to advanced techniques. They appreciate the many pictures and illustrations, with one customer noting how they help visualize the construction process. Customers value the book’s eco-friendly approach and consider it worth the price, with one mentioning it’s an affordable way to build safe housing.
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